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Pawnee, Illinois - 2 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Pawnee Cusd 11 #527 of 763 districts in Illinois (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,111 per pupil, Pawnee Cusd 11 ranks #589 of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending (Illinois districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
560
Total Enrollment
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$14,111
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pawnee Cusd 11 operates 2 public schools serving 560 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Illinois. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sangamon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,111 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 848 Illinois districts by per-pupil spending. See how Illinois compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 75.7% local, 17.5% state, and 6.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 32/100, ranked #527 of 763 in Illinois against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 286:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 12.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.1% White, 1.2% African American, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pawnee Grade School, enrolling 325 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Pawnee Grade School accounts for 56.8% of all Pawnee Cusd 11 student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pawnee Cusd 11 a distant remainder — means Pawnee Cusd 11-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Pawnee Cusd 11 student-counselor ratio is 286:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Pawnee Cusd 11 is typically wider than the Pawnee Cusd 11-aggregate figure suggests.
Pawnee Cusd 11 chronic absenteeism rate is 12.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.